how to prevent a speaker blowout when playin a bass guitar through a guitar amp?
my friends band asked me to jam with them to be there bassist but i dont have a bass amp, i will plan on buying one it they do decide to add me to the band. i have a raven rg100 gutiar amp and i was wandering what can i do to prevent a speaker blow when im playin?
The thing that will damage a guitar amp when playing bass through it is trying to drive too much low frequency information through the speaker.
Guitar speakers and the cabinets they are mounted in aren’t designed to reproduce the low fundamental notes from a bass.
If you’re going to have to use this amp for a bass in this situation, then then only thing you can really do is to really back down the bass control on the amp, and just go for a real midrange-heavy sound.
That, and listen to the speaker. If it sounds like things are physically rubbing, then you’re likely about to blow the speaker.
Good luck.
Greetings from Austin, TX
Ken